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Jung's Seminar on Nietzsche's Zarathustra Paperback – Abridged, November 3, 1997

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Nietzsche's infamous work Thus Spake Zarathustra is filled with a strange sense of religiosity that seems to run counter to the philosopher's usual polemics against religious faith. For some scholars, this book marks little but a mental decline in the great philosopher; for C. G. Jung, Zarathustra was an invaluable demonstration of the unconscious at work, one that illuminated both Nietzsche's psychology and spirituality and that of the modern world in general. The original two-volume edition of Jung's lively seminar on Nietzsche's Zarathustra has been an important source for specialists in depth psychology. This new abridged paperback edition allows interested readers to participate with Jung as he probes the underlying meaning of Nietzsche's great work.

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"Nietzsche is perhaps the first Western man to have experienced a psychological encounter with the Self. . . . [This] seminar on Nietzsche's Zarathustra . . . [ is a] magisterial enterprise [that] demonstrates to any perceptive reader Jung's millennial magnitude.", Psychological Perspectives

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"A critical event in the history of the human spirit.... C. G. Jung throws new light on Nietzsche's psyche as well as on the condition of the German collective psyche during those fateful years of 1934 to 1939."--James Kirsch

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Princeton University Press; Abridged edition (November 3, 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0691017387
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0691017389
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 1.06 x 9 inches
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Carl Gustav Jung

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Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist, an influential thinker and the founder of analytical psychology (also known as Jungian psychology). Jung's radical approach to psychology has been influential in the field of depth psychology and in counter-cultural movements across the globe. Jung is considered as the first modern psychologist to state that the human psyche is "by nature religious" and to explore it in depth. His many major works include "Analytic Psychology: Its Theory and Practice," "Man and His Symbols," "Memories, Dreams, Reflections," "The Collected Works of Carl G. Jung," and "The Red Book."

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W. Al-Mahdi
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Jung Gem
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2009
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Two great minds meet - or clash perhaps? Jung offers an incisive, discerning, lucid understanding of the writings of the great philosopher. To anyone who has been baffled by Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Jung elucidates many obscure points. Requires basic understanding of Jungian psychology, though.

Reading Nietzsche can be quite euphoric (it's the deepest stuff I've ever read.) But Jung offers a balanced view - and disentangles Nietzsche's psychology, or which he himself was apparently unaware.

Jung was fascinated by Nietzsche, and then distanced himself from him, fearing Nietzsche's ultimate downfall, a 10 year spell of insanity.

Very satisfying read.
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Dolores S. Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2016
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Sean Gill
5.0 out of 5 stars Jung contra Nietzsche, round 1.
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2001
Wonderful analysis, completely devoid of logical gaps or special requests from the reader: everything said, every assertation, is capable of hitting home and clarifying what was before a quirky throw-back of Nietzsche's. And *interesting* to boot -- this book is no long-winded scrutiny of Zarathustra, but rather the transcription of a private group analysis led by Jung, so it never loses itself in the lofty kingdoms of thought that are the bane of so much criticism.
There's a definite sense of total respect for Nietzsche from Jung . . . almost as though Jung himself (one of the more exceptional intellects of our species) was struggling with the great, monstrous geist of Nietzsche for understanding. Which is a nice touch, having so often seen the man debunked as a megalomaniac, or, worse, a run-of-the-mill madman. This book is a must have for any Nietzsche scholar (no matter what the age or education) and, I imagine, quite useful in understanding Jung as well.
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Craig Chalquist, PhD, author of TERRAPSYCHOLOGY and DEEP CALIFORNIA
5.0 out of 5 stars the depth of Jung's knowledge....
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2000
...was simply incredible, as you see it applied here to Nietzsche and his most famous work. Jung goes step by step through it, explaining and amplifying. To his diagnosis of Nietzsche as an inflated and ungrounded intuitive, a slow death by syphillis should perhaps be added. Anyway, a remarkable two-volume exposition.
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Jack Wonder
3.0 out of 5 stars Jung was also scared that one day he would go mad like him. And he did
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2015
Although in awe of Nietzsche, Jung was also scared that one day he would go mad like him. And he did! Following his separation with Freud in 1913 – over Freud’s ridiculous idea of infantile sexuality – Jung went through a phase of intermittent psychosis (read the chapter ‘Confrontation with the Unconscious’ in his MDR). This put him in no position to be a FAIR critic of Nietzsche, and these seminars are witness to that deficiency. Jung obliterated all compassion for Nietzsche as he was desperate to distance himself from the philosopher. Well, just as Nietzsche said: “the smallest gap is the most difficult to bridge...”
There are, however, some important insights in this book, hence my 3 stars.
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Marco
2.0 out of 5 stars Where philosophy and analytical psychology collide
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2002
As always it is amazing to experience C.G.Jung's depth of knowledge of religious systems. Searching for symbols of individuation in his patient's dreams while interacting with these patients might be acceptable, but doing the same thing based on a work of poetic philosophy is a completely different thing. However, here they are treated as being identical- Zarathustra is reduced to an unconscious byproduct of "Nietzsche's revolt against god".
While I am impressed by C.G. Jung's pattern matching abilities, this is also what makes this book ridiculous- Jung's seeing hints and references that are not at all obvious in the analyzed text and even contrary to the author's opinion & stated intent.
This book is useful for getting some inspiration on how to reinterpret Zarathustra- but for a more reliable interpretation, based on the actual text and Nietzsche's other works you should turn to a philsophical book instead.
Unfortunately analytical psychology & psychoanalysis are non-scientific systems making any attempts of discussion futile. This book is very helpful in showing this fact, as you can read how seminar attendants offer equally (im-)plausible interpretations that are simply ignored by Jung without much of a refutation.
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